Anybody done the Porsche driving course at Barber?

I am going the 1,2 of April, anybody else here going? Any thoughts or prep to think of from those that have been?

Category: Brakes Price: $140 Private or Vendor Listing: Private Listing Part fits: Porsche 911 997 Non-Turbo, Porsche 911 996 Non-Turbo, Porsche Boxter/Cayman Location (State): PA Item Condition: Brand New Shipping Information: Item can be shipped I ended up selling my 2005 Carrera 2 before I could install these. So, I am selling a front and rear set of Hawk Performance HPS 5.0 brake pads. All pads are brand new and in original packaging. This is a great set of pads for spirited street driving. I am asking for $190 for the front set and $140 for the rear set shipped to the continental USA. Payment via paypal gift preferred. PM if you are interested. Front Part # HB550B.634 fits the following. 1998 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (1998) 1999 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (1999) 1999 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (1999) 2000 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2000) 2000 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2000) 2000 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2000) 2001 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2001) 2001 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2001) 2001 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2001) 2002 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2002) 2002 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2002) 2002 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2002) 2003 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2003) 2003 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2003) 2003 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2003) 2004 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2004) 2004 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2004) 2004 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2004) 2005 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2005) 2005 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 4 ALL (2005) 2005 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 STANDARD BRAKES ALL (2005) 2005 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2005) 2006 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2006) 2007 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2007) Rear Part # HB290B.583 fits the following 1997 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (1997) 1998 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (1998) 1998 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (1998) 1999 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (1999) 1999 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (1999) 2000 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2000) 2000 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (2000) 2000 PORSCHE BOXSTER S NO SUBMODEL (2000) 2001 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2001) 2001 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (2001) 2001 PORSCHE BOXSTER S NO SUBMODEL (2001) 2002 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2002) 2002 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (2002) 2002 PORSCHE BOXSTER S NO SUBMODEL (2002) 2003 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2003) 2003 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (2003) 2003 PORSCHE BOXSTER S NO SUBMODEL (2003) 2004 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2004) 2004 PORSCHE BOXSTER NO SUBMODEL (2004) 2004 PORSCHE BOXSTER S NO SUBMODEL (2004) 2005 PORSCHE 911 (996) CARRERA 2 ALL (2005) 2005 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 STANDARD BRAKES ALL (2005) 2005 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS (2005) 2006 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 ALL (2006) 2006 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS (2006) 2006 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2006) 2007 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 ALL (2007) 2007 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS (2007) 2007 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2007) 2008 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 ALL (2008) 2008 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2008) 2008 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2008) 2009 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 ALL (2009) 2009 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2009) 2010 PORSCHE 911 (997) CARRERA 2 ALL (2010) 2010 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2010) 2010 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2010) 2010 PORSCHE CAYMAN S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2010) 2011 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2011) 2011 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2011) 2011 PORSCHE CAYMAN R W/IRON DISCS ALL (2011) 2011 PORSCHE CAYMAN S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2011) 2012 PORSCHE BOXSTER S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2012) 2012 PORSCHE CAYMAN R (2012) 2012 PORSCHE CAYMAN S (2012) 2012 PORSCHE CAYMAN R W/IRON DISCS ALL (2012) 2012 PORSCHE CAYMAN S W/IRON DISCS ALL (2012)

I think one of the Tire Rack guys did it recently. Search for their posts and it may have some info for you.

Still for sale

I did it! I live in good ole bham and me and my dad did it 2 summers ago...AWESOME TIME! They really do a great job and you learn a lot! If you have any questions at all hit me up... Corbin

Bump to this thread guys! I am putting my 997tt back together after some extensive works, I bought this 997 febi guibo and compared it to the old one, seemed the same, so chucked it away... Now I am actually onto rebuild I find that the fit is not perfect as with the OEM one. It has a gap between the metal sleeve and the locating machined hole in the tranny output. The only way to close it is bolt it up then it slightly distorts the Guibo... Not good and I am thoroughly p*ssed off with the car at the minute lol So does anyone know where I can get the GAP01-002 part from? Has anyone else had a fitment issue with the Febi? DO I have the wrong Febi part maybe? or am I missing something... many thanks upload

YES, I also went. Then one month after I purcess my first porcshe! It made a huge inpact on me, I have bein involved in motorsports all though out my teens and up. The classes the instructors and the track are all top notch! I am going back for the masters when time permits. You will find a new respect for the stock brakes and suspension. I would like to thank my sister for getting me the class and my bother in law and his brother for going. We had a great time and ask J Lewis if he remembers the three Long Island boys! We won the auto X chalenge by 1 minte over the next closest group. Get a lot of sleep and drive the track in your head. Braking and bipping are a must! Good Luck, Tim

So excited to finally do this! After making the move from my c4 to gt3 I am scared of the damn thing and want some good track time with the right people before mine goes to the track so I hope this helps. I am scheduled to go to Miller Motorsports the following week.

If you can't "heel toe"....I predict you will spin...... Barber is a great track with roller coaster elevation changes!

make some time to see the museum as well

That looks like a ball. Can you pick and chose which car you want to drive? How did the cayman S do compared with the 997.. That would be a close race on a windy track.

the cayman would not be close Carrera on a road course .... as far as car selection .... you chose which silver 997 you drive .... mine was #15 ... the Cayman/Boxster/skills training cars are left at each excercise site

More excited by the minute!!!

Nice, did they time your runs? I would like to see the differences between the porsche models run back to back by the same driver

no timing as the time on the track was lead/follow with an instructor leading the way in a seperate car .... stay online and he goes faster and faster .... our group (4 students per group) was the fastest of the entire class and we were able to catch and pass some other slower groups ....

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Quote: that's cool. didn't you just get back from the bondurant school in AZ? man, some people have all the fun.

cargeekdom has it's perks

That is a great track, search You Tube for some in car to get super stoked. Here is a Cayenne Turbo S chasing a Carrera...[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ONdeTZGmc0[/media]

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Quote: Great to hear this! I'm scheduled to attend the June 17th class. My wife gave me this as a gift and I'm going with a buddy. I usually track my car about 3-4 times per month and was hoping to improve my overall driving skills with this course. Sounds to me, like this driving school is pretty worthwhile. I'm really looking forward to it!

i'll do it when i pick up the new ride!

I'm looking at my schedule for this school as well. When i raced motorcycles, I went to quite a few schools and I know it helps tremendously. Oddly enough, most of the time its just getting the basics down, which is much easier to say than do when you're screaming into a corner at 140.

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Quote: Two thumbs up! Just show up like you never drove a car and and have fun. Tim

I was going to do this and I was told you had to drive there cars, therefore I passed Christian

I am interested in trying to attend driving school, I have never done anything like it before and would like to attend an driving lesson. I'm trying to go in with as open of a mind as I can. I know each of these instructors are better than I... and I hope I can learn from them... I know they will teach, it's up to me to learn though. Driving Schools A to Z

The Porsche Sport Driving School is FANTASTIC the host hotel was absolutely amazing the views from my room, I had a corner room above the pool driving exercises were very well thought out, challenging and informative ... the cars .. .well, they are P-Cars We drove all of them ... Cayenne, Cayenne Turbo, Cayman, Cayman S, Boxster, Boxster S, Carrera, and even a 20 minute session in the Carrera S The track ... top notch with no expense spared it's a Wilson design but, better executed than most they do have a little bug issue ;D the competitions were also fun .. who do you think won the AutoX ? If you ever have a chance to go to the Porsche Sport Driving School I highly recommend it. The instructors were truly professional, helpful, polite and very well versed in high performance driving instructions. ... the #1 instructor is Hurley Heywood, yes he won the 24 hours of LeMans a few times, and all of the others were either former or current professional racers ... Everything, and I mean everything, the facilities, the cars, the food and the people were all fantastic don't forget to check out the onsite motorcycle museum

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ml#post3490990 Here is a thread I did in the past about my experience there. Let us know your experience with it.

Wow, Great and fantastic the venue was absolutely amazing. Driving Schools A to Z

I went 10 years ago, 6 months after the Porsche school moved to the new Barber track. The track is great, should have decent weather but be prepared for rain!

I like this driving school is pretty worthwhile and best services offered. Driving Schools A to Z

I want to take a refresher lessons. I have already a license, but doesn't drive very often. I want to drive more, but currently have some fear with driving on the highway and parking. Can your give me some advise.

Wow the venue is suited to beginner and have no experience or knowledge of driving a motor vehicle. http://www.drivingschools-a-to-z.com